Paul 0 Posted September 11, 2005 Share Posted September 11, 2005 I can't install Service Pack 2 on my computer, as when I do so it will go for about a minute if I'm lucky without crashing. Also, when it crashes my screen changes to a solid colour, sometimes blue, sometimes red etc (basically it's like you've filled the screen with a colour in paint, and then viewed it in full screen mode). It will also sometimes change to multi-coloured stripes. Anyone have any idea what the problem is? Is my PC simply not compatible with SP2? Much help appreciated P.S. - I hope all that makes sense, I'm not the best at explaining things Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob W 0 Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 I can't install Service Pack 2 on my computer, as when I do so it will go for about a minute if I'm lucky without crashing. Also, when it crashes my screen changes to a solid colour, sometimes blue, sometimes red etc (basically it's like you've filled the screen with a colour in paint, and then viewed it in full screen mode). It will also sometimes change to multi-coloured stripes. Anyone have any idea what the problem is? Is my PC simply not compatible with SP2? Much help appreciated P.S. - I hope all that makes sense, I'm not the best at explaining things 31471[/snapback] sounds like you haven't got a good copy of SP2 for me Also checkout the Microsoft site to make sure you instatl it properly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul 0 Posted September 13, 2005 Author Share Posted September 13, 2005 I think one thing that I may have done wrong, is not exiting all other programs upon installing SP2. Thanks for your help, I'll probably do a clean install of XP when I get round to it and then try again, following the instructions EXACTLY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob W 0 Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 having programs open will certainly screw you up I think............... also browse http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertz...exp=&sloc=en-us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adios 717 Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 When's the last time you updated your graphic's driver? Might be no harm to update DirectX also. I've heard it's a bad idea to leave things open but I do it all the time and I've never had a problem. I think they're just worried about denial of write access to a dll in use by another program during installation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul 0 Posted September 13, 2005 Author Share Posted September 13, 2005 Couldn't tell you mate, not recently I know that much. I'll try updating both my graphics driver and DirectX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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